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Mobile VHF Transceiver
HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver

General

HAM bands 2m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 138-174 MHz 0.17-30 / 88-108 MHz 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   AM   W-FM mono   AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
Sensitivity ? ? AM: 1 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
FM: 0.4 µV (20 dB quieting)
SSB: 0.25 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
CW: 0.18 µV (10 dB (S+N)/N)
Selectivity ? ? AM/SSB/CW: 2.7 kHz (-6 dB), 4.8 kHz (-60 dB)
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? ? conversion superheterodyne Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? 1st: 8.2 MHz
2nd: 455 KHz
Image rejection ? ? >70 dB
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz - 10-160 m + WARC
Modulations FM   - AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
RF-output High: 25 W, Low: 5 W ? 100 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 Built-in sweep SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω ? 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 3V DC (2R03/AAA) or 3V DC external Mains
Current RX 800 mA max ? ?
TX 6 A max - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1988 and 1990 in Japan Between 19xx and 19xx in Austria Between 1982 and 1984 in Japan
Dimensions 140 × 50 × 137 mm
(5.51 × 1.97 × 5.39 in)
? 368 × 129 × 310 mm
(14.49 × 5.08 × 12.20 in)
Weight 850 gr (1.9 lbs) ? 15.00 kg (33.1 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Unknown Base Station

Other features

Memories 20 channels in 1 bank(s) 18 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? Tube hybrid
VOX
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000228E PHILIPS-AE003905 YAESU-FT-000102